This is Simple But Not Easy
Published: Tue, 01/12/16
Hi,
How are you feeling today?
I hope you’re feeling well.
I was watching an episode of America’s
Funniest Home Videos the other night,
and they showed this one video about a
kid who got angry.
He had built this big building with colored
blocks, and it was really high…
But then he got mad…
And kicked it!
Then the whole thing toppled…
And it was like in slow motion…
And the whole thing came crashing down
on top of him…
And he ran crying to his mother…
Like it was the building’s fault!
Like he just couldn’t figure out what had
happened!
Well…
You’re not a toddler any more.
But you know…
There are situations where you still might find
yourself wondering why you’re sitting in the
middle of a bunch of “colored building blocks”
because of your anger.
Anger can cause us to do things that we later
regret.
I’m sure that’s happened in your loved one’s case
with their bipolar disorder.
I talk about that in my courses/systems, how anger
and rage are symptoms of a bipolar manic episode,
and something that you should look out for:
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Especially if it becomes a pattern in your loved
one.
Anger is an emotion.
A reaction to something.
Something you don’t like.
Something that, say, rubs you the wrong way.
Something that hurts you.
Especially if it’s been going on for awhile.
And especially if you have no control over
it.
That’s when we usually react the hardest.
Like you may get angry over your loved one’s
bipolar behavior.
You may not like what they do.
So it makes you feel helpless.
And this might make you angry.
It might even make you angry at them.
So what do you do with this anger?
Do you fight with them?
That’s what usually happens when the supporter
gets angry at their loved one with bipolar
disorder.
The problem is that it’s easy for that to happen
in too many cases.
Worse yet is when you stuff that anger and it
turns into resentment.
Because that can actually make you physically
sick.
It can cause you to have stomach problems like
even have ulcers.
It can cause you to have an increase of headaches,
or even have migraines.
It can cause you to have body aches.
It can cause a whole host of problems.
And if you’re not careful…
The stress can build up to such a degree that you
are even in danger of having a heart attack or even
a stroke.
So what’s the answer?
It’s simple:
Stop being angry.
Now, I didn’t say it would be easy.
I just said it was simple.
Just ask yourself if it’s worth getting sick over
just to hold onto all that anger, and you’ll see that
the answer is definitely NO!
Then choose to put your anger (and stress) away
and to talk to your loved one instead.
Tell them about the behavior that makes you so
angry, and ask them to work on changing it.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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